The discovery of an enormous reservoir of ultra-cold gas, 100 billion times the mass of our Sun, in a distant galaxy reshapes our scientific understanding of how stars and galaxies formed in the early universe.

Martin Shkreli downplays the efforts of Sydney Grammar students who recreated the active ingredient in his company's expensive Daraprim HIV drug for just $20, saying "anyone can make any drug, its pretty easy".

The craze of bottle flipping has been labelled noisy, annoying and addictive, but while some schools are banning the pastime, one is turning it into a competitive sport to teach students about probability.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a phase three clinical trial for MDMA — or ecstasy — to be used as a form of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. So, what is MDMA and what implications might the trial have for sufferers in Australia?

A Melbourne woman who was driving a car that allegedly swerved in front of a petrol tanker, causing it to roll, is charged over the crash on the Calder Freeway which killed one person and injured six others.